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The IoT Is a Thing, But What Is It Really? #CES2016
A massive technology conference devoted to “things” should be delighted that an Internet exists to connect them all. But exactly how that connection will work remains a puzzle.
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The IoT Is More Than a Buzzword - and Growing Bigger
Hindsight being 20/20 and all, it’s interesting to look back and see that 2015 was an eventful and interesting year for the Internet of Things (IoT).
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Samsung Pushes Open IoT with SmartThings Buy
Samsung has just made a play for a bigger stake in the Internet of Things. It plans to buy SmartThings’ open platform for monitoring, controlling and automating homes from a single device.
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Here are the IoT Top 10 Movers and Shakers
Earlier in the week we identified the most influential companies working on the Internet of Things (IoT). Using the same research from the marketing influence platform provider Appinions, let’s take a look at the top ten movers and shakers.
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Can You Name the Top 10 IoT Companies?
The companies that are leading the Internet of Things (IoT) — now and in the future — are beginning to make themselves known. Appinions, in a recently published report, identified the most influential companies and what is driving them.
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Google Digs Deeper into European IT
Google has offered the surest sign yet that Europe and its IT sector are starting to shrug off the recession. The sign comes in the shape of a new venture capital fund that will “invest in the best ideas from the best European entrepreneurs.” The news was confirmed this morning
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Google Feathers its Nest with New Developer Program
If Google-owned Nest’s announcement yesterday that it was buying Dropcam for $555 million caused some surprise, today’s announcement that it is opening up its platform to third-party developers, while not as in-you-face as the Dropcam deal, could have significantly more long-term effects.
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Nest Buys Dropcam as Google Continues March Into Smart Homes
No sooner had news of the deal emerged than questions about information, privacy and Google started to appear. However, representatives from Dropcam said this is a straightforward deal and that Google will not be getting its hands on anyone’s data.
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How to Mine Gold from the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) has been an idea at the edge of market disruption for some time now, and a lot of companies are jumping into the game. Google acquired Nest to elbow its way into the smart home market. Samsung is pumping out smart watches at breakneck speed
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Google, IBM and the Battle for Automated Customer Experience
Google has pinned its acquisition strategy on data, analytics, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). IBM is very focused in data analysis and levering its own AI technology, Watson, into other areas. All signs point to a looming battle between these two technology giants.
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Is There a Theme to Google's Latest Acquisition Binge?
Boston Dynamics, Nest and DeepMind. In the past month, Google has gone on yet another acquisition binge, spending at least $4 billion on a trio of startups that seem only loosely connected — robotics, home automation and artificial intelligence, respectively.
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What Else Could Hatch from the Google Nest?
Google put down a big marker for the Internet of Things with its Nest acquisition, having previously invested in the company via Google Ventures. We take a look at what the other companies Google is backing and what its portfolio could bring to the race to be the
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Google, Nest Labs and Nagging Questions of Privacy
Google and Nest Labs must preserve customer privacy, avoid urges to collect personal data for marketing and advertising purposes and use their $3.2 billion merger only to improve the use and value of home gadgets, a privacy expert told CMSWire.
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Why Google Invested $3.2 Billion in the Internet of Things
Google is starting to make John Chambers' case. Chambers, Cisco's CEO, valued the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) in his 2014 International CES keynote last week at $19.1 trillion. Less than a week later, Google buys Nest, the digital thermostat and smoke-detector maker, for $3.2 billion.
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